Treaty with the Appalachicola Band, 1832.
Oct. 11, 1832. | 7 Stat., 377. | Proclamation, Feb. 13, 1833.
Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Vol. II (Treaties)
Compiled and edited by Charles J. Kappler
Washington : Government Printing Office, 1904
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Reservation relinquished to United States, etc.
Payments by United States.
Time fixed for evacuation.
Annuity to Blunt and Davy.
THE undersigned chiefs, for and in behalf of themselves and warriors, surrender
to the United States, all their right, title and interest to
a of land made for their benefit, in the additional article
of the treaty, concluded at Camp Moultrie, in the Territory of Florida, on the 18th
of September, eighteen hundred and twenty-three, and which is described in said article,
"as commencing on the Appalachicola, one mile below Tuski Hajo's improvements, running up
said river four miles, thence west two miles, thence southerly to a point due west of
the beginning, thence east to the beginning point," and agree to remove with
their warriors and families, now occupying said reservation, and amounting in
all to (256) two hundred and fifty-six souls, to the west of the Mississippi river,
beyond the limits of the States and Territories of the United States of America.
ARTICLE II.
For, and in consideration of said surrender, and to meet the charges of a party to
explore immediately the country west in search of a home more suitable to their
habits, than the one at present occupied, and in full compensation for all the
expenses of emigration, and subsistence for themselves and party:
The United States agree to pay to the undersigned
chiefs, and their warriors, thirteen thousand dollars; three thousand dollars in
cash, the receipt of which is herewith acknowledged, and ten thousand dollars
whenever they have completed their arrangements, and have commenced the
removal of their whole party.
ARTICLE III.
The undersigned chiefs, with their warriors and families, will evacuate the
reservation of land surrendered by the first article of this agreement, on or before
the first of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-three; but should
unavoidable circumstances prevent the conclusion of the necessary preparatory
arrangements by that time, it is expected that the
indulgence of the government of the United States will be reasonably extended
for a term, not to exceed however another year.
ARTICLE IV.
The United States further stipulate to continue to Blunt and Davy (formerly
Tuski Hajo deceased) the Chiefs of the towns now consenting to emigrate, their
proportion of the annuity of five thousand dollars which they at present draw,
and to which they are entitled under the treaty of Camp Moultrie, so long as they
remain in the Territory of Florida, and to advance their proportional amount of
the said annuity for the balance of the term stipulated for its payment in the
treaty aforesaid; whenever they remove in compliance of the terms of this
agreement. In testimony whereof, the commissioner, James Gadsden, in behalf of
the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors have hereunto
subscribed their names and affixed their seals. Done at Tallahassee, in the
territory of Florida, this eleventh day of October one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty-seventh.
James Gadsden, commissioner, &c. [L. S.]
John Blunt, his x mark, [L. S.]
O Saa-Hajo, or Davy, his x mark, [L. S.]
Co-ha-thlock-co, or Cockrane, his x mark, [L. S.]
Witnesses:
Wm. P. Duval, superintendent,
Stephen Richards, interpreter,
Robt. W. Williams,
R. Lewis,
Tho. Brown,
James D. Westcott, jr.
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